The force say on their webiste: “If you don’t have the serial number, it is worth asking the shop you bought it from as many will keep a record of the serial numbers of high value bicycles sold and who they were sold to.

“Due to the high volume of interest received, please do not contact Cheshire Police concerning your bicycle if you do not have this information ready as we will be unable to verify that you are the owner.”

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